Amazon.ca prices seem to have gone up on Taiwan products even when Canada has no tariffs on them. Coffee too.
Whether Apple is making phones for US customers in India, China, or Taiwan, tariffs are applied to them for US customers. Tim Cook said US prices are not affected by tariffs. That means our prices are used to subsidize US customers.
It’s a little bit normal, historically, for Canadian prices to be a bit higher to deal with currency volatility without changing prices. But 20% US tariffs on Taiwan, with 50% on China and India, would normally result in at least a 20% discount for Canada.
Government inquiry followed by fine is ok. Forcing Apple to immediately normalize prices would be far more effective pressure overall on US trade policy.
I don’t buy coffee online. No Frills prices seem to have matched US tariff date increases. There are Canadian roasting operations, but maybe they get beans transshipped from US. But cutting out US completely, and even exporting to US for lower tariff than Brazil beans supply chain. Brazil especially has a shipping route to Montreal or Halifax, not much longer than US ports.
What could be happening instead is that any Canadian cost savings just go to higher Canadian profits in response to less competitive US based company pricing. US brands making Canadian and US prices equal as a response to US tariffs, and Canadians extorted from all brands.
Corporatism being more afraid of US fascism than Canadian politicians to make the world pay for US tariffs. Canadian politicians gaslighting Canadians that these practices are acceptable is treasonous, and not a path to getting US to accept the humanity of Canadians.